152 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
PRODOXUS RETICULATUS, N. sp. 
[Pl. 43, Fig. 7.] 
I have but three females of this species, taken by Mr. 
Koebele in March at Los Angeles, California, but without 
any notes of habit. 
IMaGo.— 9. Expanse 10-11 mm. General color, white. Body with 
whitish hairs, those of the head inclining to yellowish, intermixed with 
a few darker hairs, especially around the antenne; the terminal joint 
of the palpi pale fuscous; vestiture of the legs superiorly dusky, with 
a slight cupreous reflection. Primaries with transverse blackish bands 
as follows: An oblique basal band much constricted at middle so that 
costal half is usually triangular; anarrow band along the posterior 
border and the intervening space between these two bands occupied 
by a broad W-shaped band, the outer arms of the letter running parallel 
with the basal and terminal bands. Fringes white. Secondaries gray ; 
fringes somewhat darker. Undersurfaces gray, with a brassy reflection, 
the darker markings of the primaries being but faintly indicated. 
Abdomen with the anal joint perpendicularly truncate, the flexible basal 
part of the ovipositor rather broad at base and pale, while the terminal 
part is stout, sharp and brownish in color. 
PRODOXUS COLORADENSIS, nN. sp. 
[Pl. 43, Fig. 6.] 
Of this species I have seen but a single male, taken in 
1884, by Mr. Morrison, in Colorado. In general appear- 
ance, as well as in the genital characters, it seems to be 
quite closely related to P. y-inversus. 
ImaGo.— '. Expanse 11 mm. General color white and somewhat 
glossy, the hair of the head being faintly yellowish between the 
antenne. Eyes black; antennse white at basal third, the rest 
fuscous; palpi and tongue pale yellow. A few hairs on the max- 
illary palpi and the extreme tip blackish. Primaries (Fig. 6, @) with 
a well defined band starting at right angles from costa to basal third 
and then obliquing suddenly though slightly toward base; a somewhat 
Similar band across the middle of the wing obliquing first in the opposite 
direction, 7. e. posteriorly, and then almost parallel with the first band; 
and a forked or somewhat Y-shaped band across the posterior third of 
wing; a terminal black border connects with this Y-mark at anal angle 
but not at apex, and there is more or less black at base of wing. Sec- 
ondaries whitish above; fringes white. Undersurfaces faintly dusky 
with a slight «neous reflection and the markings of the primaries less 
defined than above, and the secondaries somewhat dusky toward the 
apex. Abdomen brownish with the scales also brownish, especially 
along the sides, but white beneath. Claspers pale brown, covered 
with long yellowish hairs and almost identical in form with those of 
y-inversus (Fig. 6, b, c). 
